Best-selling author and podcast host Annie Downs is coming to town to share the secret of how to love yourself and others more completely.

Twelve years after its last convention in Chattanooga, the American Farrier's Association is returning March 10-13 for its 49th annual convention and 2020 National Forging & Horseshoeing Competition.

I've done this job a long time and written far too many stories about benefits. I wish we didn't need to have them, but they do show how giving and loving people can be.

River Bins is one of nearly 250 vendors who will fill the exhibit hall with more than 500 booths in the 54th annual Tri-State Home Show at the Chattanooga Convention Center.

The audience will help comedian Mutzie "raise the roof" when he performs a benefit in Dalton, Georgia, on Sunday, March 1.

Not a week goes by that Houston Museum of Decorative Arts doesn't get phone calls from baby boomers who are downsizing or boomers' children, Generation X, who are handling the estates of their aging parents.

Looking for fun the whole family can enjoy together that won't drain the budget?

If you've got a case of cabin fever and need to get out of the house, join members of the Soddy-Daisy Hiking Club for a 6-mile, in-and-out hike to Laurel Falls in Grundy County on Tuesday, March 3.

At the time of this writing, tickets remained for JFest, Riverbend, Bonnaroo and Moon River, the four largest music festivals in our area.

Laissez les bon temps rouler!

The weekend following Valentine's Day always means it's time for Con Nooga in Chattanooga.

The opening of the highly anticipated Charles H. Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center is set for Saturday, Feb. 22, at the downtown location, 2 W. Aquarium Way, Suite 104.

This weekend, $4.3 billion will be spent on jewelry for Valentine's Day gifts, $2 billion on flowers, $1.7 billion on candy and $1 billion on cards, according to the National Retail Federation.

Want to hit the open highway on your summer vacation?

In the animal kingdom, humpback whales, caribou and even monarch butterflies regularly undertake lengthy migrations.

Did this week's warmer temperatures have you dreaming of summer water sports, getting out on the lake to do some fishing or skiing?

Although Valentine's Day is still a week away, that isn't keeping romance at bay.

RISE, formerly known as Jazzanooga, announces a series of performances and events this month in celebration of Black History Month. The events were selected to embrace the diversity and culture of black people.

Four organizations are sponsoring a night on the town for little princesses and their dads, guardians, grandfathers, uncles or other special male role models.

The annual Chattanooga Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Tennessee athletes gets underway Saturday, Feb. 8, on The Green at Ross's Landing.

Celebrate the Year of the Rat at the Creative Discovery Museum, 321 Chestnut St., from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8.

Last Sunday was the Super Bowl; this coming Sunday is Super Museum Sunday, when six historic buildings in Whitfield and Murray counties will be open and offering free admission.

Comedian Shane Mauss brings Head Talks Live to The Palace Theater, 818 Georgia Ave., on Wednesday, Feb. 12, for a 7:30 p.m. show. Mauss is an award-winning stand-up comedian and science podcaster.